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Genesis 41:39

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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
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  1. Genesis 41:28Rank 1 from verse 39
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    28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

  2. Genesis 41:33Rank 2 from verse 39
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    33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

  3. Genesis 41:25Rank 3 from verse 39
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    25¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

  4. Genesis 41:16Rank 4 from verse 39
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    16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

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Genesis 41:39

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Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

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shewed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of show (to reveal, declare, display, or make known).

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wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

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38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

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40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

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